Mungo film may revive former fame

The Boston Globe;  October 5, 1996 ;     241 words ......Mungo could become more famous yet. Mungo -- whose book "Famous Long Ago," a 1970 account of life on the Vermont commune Packer Corners Farm, has become a cult classic -- now lives in Orange County, Calif., where he does social work with people with AIDS...

FLASHBACK TO THE 1960'S

The Boston Globe;  October 23, 2003 ;     376 words ......DURING THE 1960S. HE WENT ON TO WRITE "FAMOUS LONG AGO," WHICH IS BEING MADE INTO A FILM, AND HIS ATLANTIC MONTHLY PIECE "TOTAL LOSS FARM," ABOUT A YEAR IN A VERMONT COMMUNE, WON A PULITZER PRIZE NOMINATION. A PROLIFIC WRITER, MUNGO STOPPED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF...

Show escapes livestock loss; FARM & COUNTRY.(Features)

Daily Post (Liverpool, England);  August 16, 2007 ;     160 words ...RELIEVED organisers of last weekend's Eglwysbach Show expect to break even, after a frantic build-up. Show secretary Roy Kenrick said the local rural community had showed good support despite the loss of its livestock section. Its schedule was hastily revised to include a fun dog show and a display

Farmers increasingly work at a loss.(Farm Income Survey)

Agra Europe;  November 4, 2005 ;     492 words ...The average English farmer is losing more and more money through food production activities, making diversification and EU aid vital to the continued operation of the farm, according to the latest Farm Income Survey from the financial services company Deloitte & Touche LLP *. The survey, which

DRUG ARRESTS JEOPARDIZE VT. COMMUNE

The Boston Globe;  October 7, 1990 ;     700+ words ......Liberation News Service. It was Mungo who wrote about another Vermont commune, Packer Corners, and made it forever famous by giving it the moniker "Total Loss Farm." But all was not happiness for the commune. When local farmers complained that...

Man of the hour

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  December 27, 2001 ;     700+ words ......1999 "cornerback draft," was just as important in holding Cleveland wideouts to 111 yards on their 12 catches. Because the Packer corners did their job, Couch spent much of the day dumping the ball off to White, who led the Browns with nine receptions for 85...

BRIEFLY ... IN OKLAHOMA

The Journal Record;  May 17, 1986 ;     526 words ......farmers, Sen. Don Nickles said Friday in Oklahoma City. Nickles, R-Okla., said the Farm Credit System has agreed to the ""minimum loss'' farm debt restructuring plan he had been pushing. Under this proposal, the FCS would restructure loans to farmers rather than foreclosing...

Rich tales

The Boston Globe;  January 21, 1993 ;     700+ words ......newspaper in the country to call for the impeachment of President Johnson over the Vietnam War. His "Famous Long Ago" and "Total Loss Farm" are considered landmark books of the politically active and hippie subcultures of the time. We all thought he would turn into...

SEN. GRASSLEY: 32 IOWA COUNTIES ELIGIBLE FOR DISASTER AID AFTER APRIL...

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  August 24, 2007 ;     177 words ......weather," Grassley said. "I encourage all affected farmers to apply for these loans to help alleviate some of your production loss." Farm operators in the following counties are eligible to be considered for low-interest emergency loans from the Farm Service Agency...

GRASSLEY: 32 IOWA COUNTIES ELIGIBLE FOR DISASTER AID AFTER APRIL FREEZE

Capitol Hill Press Releases;  August 24, 2007 ;     222 words ......weather," Grassley said. "I encourage all affected farmers to apply for these loans to help alleviate some of your production loss." Farm operators in the following counties are eligible to be considered for low-interest emergency loans from the Farm Service Agency...

Farmers plan for corn losses with U. Minnesota report

University Wire;  August 10, 1998 ;     591 words ......storms. Some farms have suffered crop losses of more than 80 percent in some sections of their plots and up to a 20 percent loss farm-wide. To aid farmers in forecasting how much the storms have reduced their fall harvests, two University agronomists reissued...

What's Left in the '90s?

Peacework;  January 1, 1996 ;     700+ words ......understanding the democratic impulses of Lawrencians like Leonard Bernstein, and reading the early writing of Ray Mungo (Total Loss Farm, Famous Long Ago), they might realize that Lawrence is almost the perfect spot to hold this kind of conference. On November...

Mo. class action redlining suit filed.(against 23 different companies)

National Underwriter Property & Casualty-Risk & Benefits Management;  March 11, 1996 ;     635 words ......properties through Farm Bureau Town & Country Ins. Co. in Jefferson City, Mo., according to the suit. After she suffered a loss, Farm Bureau canceled each of her policies, citing the fact that she lives in a `[h]igh risk area of Kansas City' as reason for cancellation...

Qld: Recovery from Larry could take years: farmers

AAP General News (Australia);  April 21, 2006 ;     376 words ......had been expecting a bumper crop before the cyclone cut down half his trees while some macadamia growers had suffered a total loss. Farm workers were now in short supply because there were few jobs for them and more government assistance was needed in the form...

Federal Assistance Aids Beet Growers with Crops Damaged by Misused...

The Times-News (Twin Falls, Idaho) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News);  July 13, 2002 ;     479 words ......he said. The $5 million will help producers stay in business, he added. While we know the $5 million will not cover all the loss, Farm Service Agency is very excited to be able to offer this first-ever type of assistance to producers in this hard-hit area, said...